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Moral ape philosophy
| Content Provider | PubMed Central |
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| Author | Boer, Jelle De |
| Abstract | Our closest relative the chimpanzee seems to display proto-moral behavior. Some scholars emphasize the similarities between humans and chimpanzees, others some key differences. This paper aims is to formulate a set of intermediate conditions between a sometimes helpful chimpanzee and moral man. I specify these intermediate conditions as requirements for the chimpanzees, and for each requirement I take on a verificationist stance and ask what the empirical conditions that satisfy it would be. I ask what would plausibly count as the behavioral correlate of each requirement, when implemented. I take a philosophical look at morality using the chimpanzees as a prism. We will talk of propositional attitudes, rationality and reason in relation to the chimps. By means of the chimps I intend to arrive at a notion of objective morality as conceived from a first person point of view in terms of propositional attitudes and reasons. |
| Related Links | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10539-011-9283-1 |
| Ending Page | 904 |
| Page Count | 14 |
| Starting Page | 891 |
| File Format | |
| ISSN | 01693867 |
| e-ISSN | 15728404 |
| Journal | Biology & Philosophy |
| Issue Number | 6 |
| Volume Number | 26 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Springer Netherlands |
| Publisher Date | 2011-11-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Springer Netherlands |
| Subject Keyword | Philosophy History and Philosophy of Science Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all) Research in Higher Education |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Philosophy Agricultural and Biological Sciences History and Philosophy of Science |
